Jerez II Moto2/Moto3 Test: Nakagami dominates final test

Takaaki Nakaga𒉰mi will have his sights firmly set on a debu🧸t grand prix win in 2014, after sweeping all three days of the final pre-season Moto2 test in Jerez.
With the Marc VDS and Aspar teams absent, due to having helped Dunlop with tyre devel෴opment duties last week at Phillip Island, Nakagami took hi🍒s new Honda Team Asia run Kalex to a best lap of 1m 42.206s on the final day.
That was just a fraction slower than Marc VDS star Mika Kallio had managed at the previous February outing and put Nakagami - who claimed four successive second places during the middle of last season while riding for Technomag - 0.187s ahead of nearest rival Sandro Co𒀰rtese (Dynavolt Intact Kalex).
The♑ top Suter was Interwetten's Thomas Luthi (+0.266s), with Xavier Simeon fourth for Gresini Suter (+0.350s). The new Caterham Suter team enjoyed an encouraging final test with Johann Zarco inside the top five on each day, leaving Spain +0.450s fromꦛ Nakagami.
The second half of the top ten consisted🥀 of Luis Salom (Pons HP 40), Lorenzo Baldassarri (Gresini Moto2), Alex de Angelis (Tasca Racing Moto2), Dominique Aegerter (Technomag Car𒅌Xpert) and Simone Corsi (NGM Forward Racing).
Third fastest on day one, World Supersport champion Sam Lowes sat out day two due to a swollen tendon in his right wrist, before returning for a brief appearance on Thursday morning to try some new Speed Up parts. Lowes was ranked 13th overall (+0.722s), and th🍷e only rider to set his best lap on day one.
Fellow star rookie aᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnd reigning Moto3 champion Maverick Vi?ales was eleventh fastest (+0.666s) for Pons Kalex.
Opening practice for the season-opening Qatar night race tꦉakes place on Thursday Maওrch 20.

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